Module shortner.update_view

update_view module defines the UpdateView view

"""update_view module defines the UpdateView view"""

from django.http.request import HttpRequest
from django.http.response import HttpResponse
from django.views.generic import View
from shortner.models import Link
import json


class UpdateView(View):
    """UpdateView is responsible for updating the long url of existing links"""

    def put(self, request: HttpRequest):
        """put handles updating requests"""
        data = json.loads(request.body)
        new_long_url = data["new_long_url"]
        # special_code = data["special_code"]
        stub = data["stub"]
        try:
            link = Link.objects.get(stub=stub)  # pylint: disable=no-member
            link.long_url = new_long_url
            link.save()
            return HttpResponse(link.long_url, status=201)
        except Link.DoesNotExist:  # pylint: disable=no-member
            return HttpResponse("Incorrect stub", status=404)

Classes

class UpdateView (**kwargs)

UpdateView is responsible for updating the long url of existing links

Constructor. Called in the URLconf; can contain helpful extra keyword arguments, and other things.

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class UpdateView(View):
    """UpdateView is responsible for updating the long url of existing links"""

    def put(self, request: HttpRequest):
        """put handles updating requests"""
        data = json.loads(request.body)
        new_long_url = data["new_long_url"]
        # special_code = data["special_code"]
        stub = data["stub"]
        try:
            link = Link.objects.get(stub=stub)  # pylint: disable=no-member
            link.long_url = new_long_url
            link.save()
            return HttpResponse(link.long_url, status=201)
        except Link.DoesNotExist:  # pylint: disable=no-member
            return HttpResponse("Incorrect stub", status=404)

Ancestors

• django.views.generic.base.View

Methods

def put(self, request: django.http.request.HttpRequest)

put handles updating requests

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def put(self, request: HttpRequest):
    """put handles updating requests"""
    data = json.loads(request.body)
    new_long_url = data["new_long_url"]
    # special_code = data["special_code"]
    stub = data["stub"]
    try:
        link = Link.objects.get(stub=stub)  # pylint: disable=no-member
        link.long_url = new_long_url
        link.save()
        return HttpResponse(link.long_url, status=201)
    except Link.DoesNotExist:  # pylint: disable=no-member
        return HttpResponse("Incorrect stub", status=404)